Comparison of waist circumference using the world health organization and national institutes of health protocols

Health Reports

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 3-10

  Patry Parisien, Jennifer ^a   Shields, Margot ^b   Bryan, Shirley ^a  

^a HEALTH STATISTICS DIVISION   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body composition; Central obesity; Cross over study; Direct measure; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872850385     PISSN: 08406529     EISSN: 12091367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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